Never been a fan of ripple. Although, it is obvious that there has been money to be made with it. I think definitely there's been a lot of pumping involved with it but for now i think the rally is over.
Don't become a fan of any digital currency, it will make you hold that coin long time, and you will miss many opportunities to make money from that coin. For examples Ripple, ADA, NEM and other altcoins. All these coins went up and came down. I think many people just watched this, but they did not use it am I right. But now you are right the rally is over so buying or not is left to you.